Basal sympathetic activity to the microcirculation in tetraplegic man revealed by wavelet transform of laser Doppler flowmetry

Microvascular Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-318

  Bernjak, A ^d   Deitrick, G A ^a,b,c   Bauman, W A ^c   Stefanovska, A ^d,e   Tuckman, J ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Blood flow; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Sympathetic; Wave, wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; WAVEFORM; WAVELET TRANSFORM;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FOOT; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THIGH; TOES; WAVELET ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954618941     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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